"Of course, it’s great to experience that non-convenient world, and quite the novelty for people who live in the First World, but there is a reason such things are sabbaticals, not lifestyles. Few people chuck their phone in a drawer and then never take it out again; they keep it in there a week and then it’s back to the beach house. Back to the constant noise of waves and automation.

Why is this? Are we inherently flawed? Unable to appreciate the simpler things in life? Has modern technology removed our innocence? Our desire to truly be human?

No. None of those things. And those questions (which are invariably a part of the conversation when digital sabbaticals are brought up) are why I wanted to propose this new metaphor: we are not bad for wanting convenience and background noise"﻿

I just picked an awesome $3 breakfast, a coffee, ice cold bottled water and bagel from a street vendor. It's 7:35am. With no particular direction in mind, I found myself walking through a quiet SoHo, ...

Jon Chambers is the Creative Director at Übermind, an awesome mobile agency based out of Seattle, WA. He showed me his sketchbook at dinner last night. I asked him to tell me about this drawing. “Real...

There are at least 20 times the number of galaxies in the universe as there are people living on earth. You have 20 galaxies, I have 20 galaxies. If those galaxies are empty of beings, this is one overbuilt, overdone universe.﻿